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it's_all_wrong
Nobody's Perfect is a little plain-sounding but a million times more pleasant than anything Mick ended up contributing to Dirty Work. In general I'm just floored that they chose to release what they did over this track, Deep Love, Strictly Memphis and a few others. They had the material for a perfectly decent latter-day Stones album and just completely shat the bed
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it's_all_wrong
Nobody's Perfect is a little plain-sounding but a million times more pleasant than anything Mick ended up contributing to Dirty Work. In general I'm just floored that they chose to release what they did over this track, Deep Love, Strictly Memphis and a few others. They had the material for a perfectly decent latter-day Stones album and just completely shat the bed
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gotdablouse
Yes that was my first thought on hearing it, especially since it was said to be the first song they worked on for B2B at the end of 96. I wonder why Keith took a crack at the vocal though if it was a "real" collaboration.
As for DW, yes it could have been very different, I suppose they decided to stick to the "dirty" songs for a common theme, i.e. mean/threatening. In hindsight they likely wish they had done it differently.Add Deep Love , replace Had it With You by Eliza, Hold Back by Memphis, BTZ by NP, Too Rude by What Are You Gonna Do, Winning Ugly by the WU London Mix and it's a whole different picture.
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Rockman
Dreams to remember is an Otis Redding song
penned by his wife ... Stones have used the
base of the song with Mick sing different lyrics over it ..
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Another giveaway is this thing he does during the verses of Nobody's Perfect that he did in the mid 80's where he "staggers" the lines, so he's singing in 3/4 time over the 4/4 beat. On One Hit to the Body he does it on the line "did me some permanent harm" and on Ruthless people when he sings "It might take the rest of your life".
The big question is how Mick could talk Keith (and to a lesser extend Ron) to record this piece of crap. Maybe it was the result of some in-band diplomatic game. Like :
Keith : "hey Ron if we record this turd for Mick maybe he'll mellow a bit and accept to go on tour behind DW? Yeah I know the tune is worse than Duran Duran, but hey plug your nose!".
Maybe they are all in this together afterall?
But surely keith would never do this...
It's actually not a bad song, IMO.
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it's_all_wrong
Nobody's Perfect is a little plain-sounding but a million times more pleasant than anything Mick ended up contributing to Dirty Work. In general I'm just floored that they chose to release what they did over this track, Deep Love, Strictly Memphis and a few others. They had the material for a perfectly decent latter-day Stones album and just completely shat the bed
I fully agree, the album could have been so much better! And especially Strictly Memphis -I find this their best post Tattoo You song, a fantastic hit, a fantastic Stones track. It's just mind boggling they didn't use it on the album and as first single. Jagger later took it to band rehearsals for the 1988 solo tour, but again not used...
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Yes that was my first thought on hearing it, especially since it was said to be the first song they worked on for B2B at the end of 96. I wonder why Keith took a crack at the vocal though if it was a "real" collaboration.
As for DW, yes it could have been very different, I suppose they decided to stick to the "dirty" songs for a common theme, i.e. mean/threatening. In hindsight they likely wish they had done it differently.Add Deep Love , replace Had it With You by Eliza, Hold Back by Memphis, BTZ by NP, Too Rude by What Are You Gonna Do, Winning Ugly by the WU London Mix and it's a whole different picture.
Each to their own of course, but Eliza Upchink is truly hideous. Stones doodling on auto pilot. Hate it. Deep Love, on the other hand, a fully finished, fully fledged Stones rock classic. Why THAT wasn’t on Dirty Work in lieu of Winning Ugly or Too Rude just beggars belief.
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Monkeytonkman
Anyone know how you can get hold of a physical copy?
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Monkeytonkman
Anyone know how you can get hold of a physical copy? I really want to listen to the sh1t out of it. My It skills kinda suck though
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Monkeytonkman
Anyone know how you can get hold of a physical copy? I really want to listen to the sh1t out of it. My It skills kinda suck though
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plusplusjames
Had It With You was the best track on DW. Eliza and Memphis would have added a lot. Just my 2¢...
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Monkeytonkman
Anyone know how you can get hold of a physical copy? I really want to listen to the sh1t out of it. My It skills kinda suck though